RIO DE JANEIRO. Botafogo beat Grêmio 3-2 thanks to Danilo who scored in the 30th and 79th minute. Grêmio was truly superior in terms of ball possession (64%).
The match was played at the Estádio Nilton Santos stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Edina Alves Batista with the collaboration of Neuza Ines Back and Fabrini Bevilaqua Costa. The 4th official was João Paulo Cunha Ribeiro. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at degrees Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Grêmio had a superior ball possession 64% while Botafogo was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Grêmio was putting more pressure with 37 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, Botafogo was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Botafogo shot 10 times, 7 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Grêmio shot 13 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Botafogo received 2 yellow cards (Danilo and Danilo). Regarding the opposition, Grêmio didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Botafogo has 35 points like Santos to sit in the 11th place. Regarding the opposition, Grêmio stays with 28 points like Vasco da Gama and Internacional to sit in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Botafogo will play away against Mirassol on the 19th of September with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Grêmio will host Palmeiras on the 20th of September with a 0-0 head to head record.
Botafogo – Formation
Botafogo
46'
90'
30', 79'
Botafogo adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Rodrigo Aragonez Glória decided to play with the following team: Gabriel Batista , Vitinho , Arthur Chaves , Lucas Monzón , Alex Telles , Huguinho , Danilo , Júnior Santos , Edenilson , Álvaro Montoro and Arthur Cabral .
The home team had on the bench: Tiquinho Soares, Warleson, Marçal , Allan , Paulinho, Gabriel Justino , Kadu Santos, Kauan Toledo, Lucas Villalba, Lucas Emanuel, Danilo and Domingos Andrade.
Substitutions
Botafogo made 5 changes: Lucas Monzón for Gabriel Justino (46′), Edenilson for Danilo (46′), Júnior Santos for Marçal (73′), Álvaro Montoro for Allan (79′) and Arthur Cabral for Tiquinho Soares (86′).
Player of the match: Álvaro Montoro
The most impressive player for Botafogo was Álvaro Montoro.
His rating is with 1 goal, 31 passes (71% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 3 crosses.
Grêmio – Formation
Grêmio
Also Grêmio adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Luiz Elena Felipe Scolari played with: Weverton , Diego Caito , Gustavo Martins , Wallace , Caio Paulista , Erick Noriega , Mathías Villasanti , Cristian Pavón , Filip Krovinovic , Jovane Cabral and Carlos Vinícius .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Wagner Leonardo, Walter Kannemann, Juan Nardoni, Tetê , Gabriel Grando, Marcos Rocha, Danilo Barbosa, João Pedro, Martin Braithwaite , Matheus Nascimento , Gabriel Menegon and José Enamorado .
Substitutions
Grêmio made 4 changes: Jovane Cabral for José Enamorado (59′), Filip Krovinovic for Martin Braithwaite (66′), Erick Noriega for Matheus Nascimento (78′) and Cristian Pavón for Tetê (78′).
Player of the match: Gustavo Martins
The player that probably impressed the most for Grêmio was Gustavo Martins.
His rating is with 1 goal, 81 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 12 duels out of 16.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
